Topics Started by Sanchy

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Help with reinstatement letter!!!
by stephanie61092 in
1. jw
2. experiences
good morning everyone,.

first, i know some of you may feel very obligated to tell me "why would you want to get back in?!

i hate that i have to do this but i have to play their game.
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Partaking of emblems
by sloppyjoe2 in
1. jw
2. friends
this year will be my first for by going to the memorial.

i will get asked by my parents how i can deny jesus even if i don't believe the end is close.

my thoughts on this are as follows, bear in mind saying it's all make believe is not an option.. i think that jesus intended for everyone to eat the bread and drink the wine.
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Government turning on religion - or - I how I learned to stop worrying and love Drumpf
by undercover in
1. jw
2. friends
where, exactly, does the bible say that government(s) will turn on religion?

i mean, other than interpreting some crazy visions/dreams from revelation as such?.

with one megalomaniac leading the gop race for nomination to vie for president of the usa, i've noticed that paranoia has ratcheted up a notch or three.
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Do todays Jw's care at all about Russell and the pyramid?
by olongapo joe in
1. jw
2. experiences
just wondering, as i will be visiting active jw family in ohio in a few weeks, do you think it will be worthwhile dropping it into a conversation, about the wtbts pyramid near his grave, or try some other topic to try and wake them up.

i was never baptized and don't really care if they get upset or not, but it is only a day trip from ohio to pittsburgh, and thought it would be fun if they denied it, and then drove their to see it for ourselves.
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Walking a thin line - Resigning Elder
by Sanchy in
1. jw
2. friends
warning of a long boring post ahead.

i feel like i need to vent my story out, as i feel quite helpless at the moment.. i'm 31 year old, married, father of toddler with another one on the way, due later this month.

i've been serving as elder for about 4 years now in a south florida congregation.
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Reflecting on my Disfellowshipping
by kairos in
1. jw
2. friends
today is the day.. i was baptized as one of jehovah's witnesses on march 25th 1989.disfellowshipped for admitted apostasy today, september 10th 2015.. what an amazing story we all share.

how did we get involved with this group and think this was the best way of life?.

i asked my wife to stay home from the meeting tonight and spend the evening with me.she is.... we celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary this past monday.. i must admit, i never saw any of this coming, but it couldn't have come sooner.i'm free of all the fake friendships.
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The Watchtower are Right About Blood...
by cofty in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
... but, they fail to take note of one important detail.. i believe that if we are going to have any chance of reasoning with a jw about blood, this is the place we need to begin.. don't try to convince them that it was only a dietary law.

it wasn't, and they will never go along with it.. don't tell them that saving a life is more important than obeying a law, even a seemingly trivial one.

they take pride in obedience.
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WHAT TOMO III ACTUALLY SAID!!
by DATA-DOG in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
first off, i am so happy that " tomo iii" is catching.

i dont know who said it first, but it's awesome.. i want to see him at a rc and say, " yo!!

tomo!!
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Is Jehovah Male Or Female, Manly of Womanly
by frankiespeakin in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
why is jehovah in the bible a male?

why not female since he is a god that is not earthly but from another realm where they don't have sex differences, does he have a penis?

does he have to pee and relieve himself?
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Let's kick things off
by Simon in
1. jw
2. experiences
as you can see from my profile, i'm from the uk and was brought up in the truth.. how about some introductions from people ?